Quest. CXLVII. How far is tradition and men's words and ministry to be used or trusted in, in the exercise of faith?

Answ. 1. The churches and ministers received the gospel in Scripture from the apostles, and the creed as the summary of faith: and they delivered it down to others, and they to us.

2. The ministers by office are the instructors of the people in the meaning of it; and the keepers of the Scriptures, as lawyers are of the laws of the land.

Heb. ii. 3, 4; 2 Pet. i. 17-21; 2 John i. 1-5; iv. 6;
2 Tim. ii. 2; Tit. i. 5.